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building. Its yellow antlers extend into the sky, and it grasps a paint can from which blue liquid appears to flow into the opening of the chimney. On the opposite side of the chimney, the rat climbs upward. On the roof of the building adjacent to the chimney, a bug-eyed green dragonfly stands with a
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includes a large blue reindeer accompanied by a red rat and a green dragonfly. The sculptures are constructed from sheet metal welded together on top of a substructure of metal rods. The reindeer appears to have scaled to the top of an exhaust chimney above a
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near Brady Street and the Holton Street Viaduct. The artwork consists of three creatures made of painted steel.
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includes three words, each painted on a bar with two arrowheads on either end: water, reflection, good food.
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Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress
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Bill Reid
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43°03′12.9″N 87°54′11.6″W / 43.053583°N 87.903222°W / 43.053583; -87.903222
public art
Bill Reid
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
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"Brady Street's Point of Inspiration"
"Bill Reid's Moveable Beasts"
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Public art in Milwaukee
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The Victorious Charge
Family
The Calling
Wisconsin Workers Memorial
Wind Leaves
Birds of Knowledge of Good and Evil
The Great Double
Woodland Indian and Whistling Swans
Solomon Juneau
Leif, the Discoverer
Letter Carriers' Monument

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